An in a single day Russian strike on Kyiv killed 14 folks and wounded greater than 100 others, native officers within the Ukrainian capital stated early Tuesday, as Moscow launched lots of of drones and missiles into the nation.
It was not instantly clear whether or not others could also be trapped beneath the rubble, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated in an replace on the Telegram messaging app.
Emergency personnel had been working at a number of websites, together with a residential constructing within the Solomianskyi district, the place “a whole entrance collapsed,” Klitschko stated. The mayor posted a video to Telegram displaying what he stated had been Russian cluster munitions discovered at one of many affect websites within the capital.
Ukraine’s air pressure stated in a publish to Telegram that the assault consisted of 440 drones and 32 missiles — of which 402 drones and 26 missiles had been shot down or in any other case neutralized. The air pressure reported impacts in 10 places and downed particles in 34 places.
Ukrainian rescuers conduct a search and rescue work in a closely broken residential constructing following the Russian missile strike in Kyiv on June 17, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the nationwide assault killed no less than 15 folks had been killed, the president stated. Kyiv bore the brunt of the strikes, Zelenskyy wrote, with impacts additionally reported in Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv.
At the least one particular person was killed in Odesa and 17 others injured, in response to a Telegram publish by native Governor Oleg Kiper.
“Such assaults are pure terrorism,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. “And the entire world, the U.S. and Europe should lastly react the way in which a civilized society reacts to terrorists.”
“Putin is doing this solely as a result of he can afford to proceed the battle,” he continued. “He desires the battle to proceed. It’s unhealthy when the highly effective of this world flip a blind eye to this. We’re contacting all companions in any respect attainable ranges so that there’s an applicable response. It’s the terrorists who ought to really feel the ache, not regular, peaceable folks.”
